一言九鼎

Traditional form:

一言九鼎

Pinyin (reading):

yīyánjiǔdǐng

Definitions:

• one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 九 - nine
• 鼎 - large, three-legged bronze cauldron

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 九 - nine
• 鼎 - large, three-legged bronze cauldron